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E. H BOYDEN. CLASP FOR TEXTILE GOODS.

No. 536,047. PatentedManfi, 1895.

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CLASP FOR TEXTILE GOODS.

$PEGIFIG'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,047, dated March 5, 1895.

Application filed $eptemher '7, 1894:. Serial No. 522344. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMELINE H. BoYDEN, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Textile Goods; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let tersof reference marked thereon,which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of clasps used on textile goods, to hold dress shieldsin place, to attach tickets to goods or samples together, and other analogous uses. Its construction is fully explained and illustrated in the accompanyingspecification and drawings.

Figure l, is a top View, enlarged, of the piece of metal that forms the clasp, as it is struck out of a sheet of metal. Fig. 2, represents the same, with the points and legs bent up into position to be used. Fig. 3, shows the clasp as it is when applied to the goods, which are not shown in the drawings. Fig. 4, is a transverse section of the clasp on line w, w, in Fig. 3. Figs. 5 to 7, show the application of the clasp, to hold a dress sleeve shield in. place, when in use. Figs. 8 and 9, show the application of the clasp, to hold a dress neck shield in place in a dress. Figs. 10 and 11, show the appearance of the shield on both sides of the goods, when used to hold two or more samples together.

The construction of the clasp is as follows: A piece of metal is struck out of a sheet, by means of a punch and die, in the shape shown in Fig. l, with a disk A, which may be round or of some other outline if preferred, and having two tapering legs e, e, extending out on one side parallelto each other. A cut is then made with a sharp punch through the metal in the center of the disk, in the shape of a letter N, forming two sharp points h, h, which are bent npat right angles to the disk, as in Fig. 2. A slot or recess g, is made in each leg lengthwise in a line with the base of the corresponding point it, on the disk, so that when the legs 6, are bent over as in Fig. 3,

the points h, h, will enter the recesses g, g,in the legs. \Vhen the clasp is ready for use, the legs are notbent over farther than shown in Fig. 2.v

In Figs. 5 to 7, the line 0, represents the dress, line 1', the lower side of the sleeve, the two being stitched together at the armhole at r. In Fig. 6, the same parts 0, 'i, are shown, with the ordinary sleeve shield represented by the line a, a, folded over the parts a, i, in the usual way, and in Fig. 7, the clasp A, is shown as applied to the shield a, which is done by passing it down over the fold and pressing the disk and legs 6, together until the points 72 h, penetrate through the goods and enter the recesses g, in the legs e, e, the points of the legs e, being curved in slightly, so as to enter the shield sufficiently to prevent their catching in anything.

In Figs. 8 and 9, the application of the clasp to the neck part of the dress to hold a shield there, is shown. The lines 3, repre' sent the neck band of the dress, made by folding a strip over and stitching the'cdges together at r, with the edge of the dress cl, between them. The legs 6, of the clasp are passed up between the dress d, and theinner fold of the neck hand, between the stitches that hold them together. The shield f, held. in position of the dotted lines f, in Fig. 9, has its edge inserted between the disk of the clasp and the inside of the neck band 8. The clasp is then pressed together, and the points h, pass through the shield f, and the inner part of the neck band 3, and the shield is then turned down as represented by the full line f, Fig. 9. In this application, both the legs and disk of the clasp, are covered from view. Figs. 10 and 1l,represent the clasp holding two or more samples of goods at, together; the two views representingthe different sides of the goods and clasp. Figs. 5 to 10, are shown in section, and from Figs. 5 to 11, the shield where it is shown, is represented at about the size it is used for most purposes, though its size would be governed by the purpose it is to be used for.

Having thus described my improvements,

I claim as my invention and desire to secure the points on the disk, when said disk and by Letters Patentlegs are folded together, substantially as de- [0 As an article of manufacture, a clasp for scribed. use on textile goods, consistingof a (115k hav- EMELINE H BOYDEN.

5 ing points raised on its surface, and two tapering legs parallel with each other, on one \Vitnesses: side, said legs having slits or recesses made BENJ. ARNOLD, lengthwise in them andin position to receive JAMES E. ARNOLD. 

